We bid a very fond farewell to a campaign that we never expected in our wildest dreams, as Palace travel to the home of the newly crowned Champions.
MATCH INFORMATION
| 4pm kick off – 25 May 2025 |
| Anfield Road, Anfield, Liverpool L4 0TH |
PREVIOUS MEETING
| 14/04/2024 – A little over a year ago, the Eagles returned from Liverpool with all three points in their back pocket thanks to a 14th minute strike from Ebere Eze. |
| WHO SCORED MAN OF THE MATCH – Ebere EZE (8.3) |
MATCH OFFICIALS
| Referee | Darren England |
| Assistant | Scott Ledger |
| Assistant | Derek Eaton |
| Fourth Official | Sam Barrott |
| VAR | Paul Howard |
| Assistant VAR | Nick Greenhalgh |
TEAM NEWS
PALACE – Chadi Riad, and Cheick Doucoure continue are expected to miss out but the latter has returned to training. Adam Wharton and Marc Guehi will miss after injury in the Cup Final.
LIVERPOOL – Alexis Mac Allister is the only injury concern for the hosts.
DISCIPLINARY RECORD
This is the section of our match preview that highlights those that have not been the best of friends with match officials as the season goes on. Of course, they all begin with a clean slate, but we will start to see those that will be heading for a ban or two as the campaign progresses.
| RED CARDS – Daichi KAMADA (1), Eddie NKETIAH (1), Marc GUEHI (1), Chris RICHARDS (1), Andy ROBERTSON (1), Curtis JONES (1) |
| YELLOW CARDS (over 7.5) – Will HUGHES (11), Daniel MUNOZ (10), Jefferson LERMA (9), Darwin NUNEZ (8) |
FORM GUIDE
Last FIVE meetings between the two sides;
| 05/10/2024 | Palace 0-1 Liverpool |
| 14/04/2024 | Liverpool 0-1 Palace |
| 09/12/2023 | Palace 1-2 Liverpool |
| 25/02/2023 | Palace 0-0 Liverpool |
| 15/08/2022 | Liverpool 1-1 Palace |
Last 5 results for Palace;
| 20/05/2025 | Palace 4-2 Wolves |
| 17/05/2025 | Palace 1-0 City |
| 11/05/2025 | Spurs 0-2 Palace |
| 05/05/2025 | Palace 1-1 Forest |
| 26/04/2025 | Palace 3-0 Villa |
Last FIVE results for Liverpool:
| 19/05/2025 | Brighton 3-2 Liverpool |
| 11/05/2025 | Liverpool 2-2 Arsenal |
| 04/05/2025 | Chelsea 3-1 Liverpool |
| 27/04/2025 | Liverpool 5-1 Spurs |
| 20/04/2025 | Leicester 0-1 Liverpool |
LEAGUE POSITION
Heading into the fixture, Palace are 12th with 52 points from 37 games played while Liverpool ate top of the table with 83 points from the same amount of games.
RECORD AGAINST LIVERPOOL
| Played | 64 |
| Won | 15 |
| Drawn | 13 |
| Lost | 36 |
FORM PLAYERS ACCORDING TO WHO SCORED
This is the section of our match preview where we list two players from each side that are top of the ratings by our friends over at Who Scored. Obviously, there are no ratings to share at the moment but that will soon change!
| Mohamed SALAH | 7.61 |
| Luis DIAZ | 7.23 |
| Daniel MUNOZ | 7.19 |
| Ebere EZE | 7.09 |
ONE TO WATCH
| LUIS DIAZ |
| FORMER CLUBS – Atletico Junior, Baranquilla, Porto |
| Perhaps a bit of an unsung hero for the Reds on their march to the Premier League title, as the Colombian has more than made a contribution with 13 goals and 5 assists over the course of the season. |
THE NUMBERS
Liverpool have lost just 1 of their last 15 Premier League games against Palace (W12 D2), though it was in this exact fixture last season.
Palace’s last 4 Premier League wins against Liverpool have come at Anfield, winning this exact fixture 1-0 last season.
When finishing the season at home, the Premier League champions have won their final match on 13 out of the last 14 occasions. The only exception was Manchester United losing against West Ham in 2006-07.
Liverpool haven’t lost their final league game of the season since 2014-15 (W7 D2), going down 6-1 at Stoke. When finishing the campaign at home, the Reds are unbeaten in 17 (W15 D2) since losing 2-0 against Arsenal in 1988-89.
Palace have won on just one of the 12 occasions their final top-flight match of the season has been away from home (D3 L8), beating Manchester City 3-2 in 1972-73.
Liverpool have scored 2+ goals in a Premier League record 31 games this season. In top-flight history, only Manchester United in 1956-57 and Tottenham Hotspur in 1960-61 have netted multiple goals in more games in a single campaign (32 games each).
Since confirming the title in April after their win over Tottenham, Liverpool have failed to win all 3 of their Premier League games (D1 L2). The Reds last went 4 without winning in the competition in April 2023, while in top-flight history, only 4 sides have won the title despite not winning any of their last 4 games that campaign: Burnley in 1920-21, Liverpool in 1976-77, and the Reds again in 1982-83.
Palace’s Oliver Glasner won 1-0 at Liverpool last season. He could become the fourth visiting manager to win his first 2 Premier League games at Anfield, after George Burley, José Mourinho and Louis van Gaal.
Liverpool’s Luis Díaz has either scored (4) or assisted (3) a goal in each of his last 7 Premier League appearances at Anfield. Overall, only Mohamed Salah (19) has been involved in more home league goals for the Reds this season than the Colombian (11 – 7 goals, 4 assists).
With 46 goal involvements (28 goals, 18 assists) in 2024-25, Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah is one short of the all-time Premier League seasonal record of 47, jointly held by Andy Cole (1993-94) and Alan Shearer (1994-95). However, the Egyptian has just 1 goal and 1 assist in his last 8 league matches, despite attempting 21 shots and creating 18 chances in this time.
KEY CLASH
| DANIEL MUNOZ v CODY GAKPO |
| The Colombian has been is fantastic form this season for the Eagles and will likely scoop several player of the year awards, and he will sign off by taking on the Dutch attacker. |
PRE-MATCH STATS
This is the section of our match preview where we keep a tally on the statistics for Palace players as the campaign continues and how they compare to other Premier League players.
| Goals | Jean-Philippe MATETA 14 (10th) |
| Assists | Ebere EZE 8 (10th) |
| Passes | Marc GUEHI 1741 (23rd) |
| Tackles | Daniel MUNOZ 120 (2nd) |
| Touches | Marc GUEHI 2206 (28th) |
| Shots | Ebere EZE 102 (5th) |
| Fouls | Will HUGHES 64 (5th) |
| Dispossessed | Ebere EZE 45 (25th) |
| Saves | Dean HENDERSON 102 (7th) |
| Clearances | Maxence LACROIX 193 (7th) |
| Big Chances Missed | Jean-Philippe MATETA / Ismaila SARR 17 (6th) |
TEB PREDICTION
This final game of the season will be a celebration for both teams and an apt end to a successful campaign. The Reds will be crowned Premier League Champions, while the Eagles will proudly know that they are FA Cup winners. Who knows how the game will pan out, and there will not be many fans that will care much, but whatever happens, the visitors have recorded their highest points total in the Premier League.
| PREDICTED SCORE: We’re 12th (could be 11th with a win) and don’t care, we won the FA Cup! |
